Fond du Lac Band resumes tradition of harvesting Lake Superior trout to continue culture, feed students

Fond du Lac Band resumes tradition of harvesting Lake Superior trout to continue culture, feed students

ST. PAUL — The sun shone a fiery orange as it emerged over the horizon of Lake Superior earlier this month, as the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior’s new fishing boat motored out from the Knife River marina, battling 4-foot waves, bound for a series of 500-foot nets strung out deep underwater. “I call it sunrise season,” said Eric Torvinen, fisheries biologist for the Fond du Lac Band, admiring the sun’s spreading glow as the boat glides up to …